aureola
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My theory is that there is a human aureola.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is enclosed in a cusped aureola formed of several coloured bands of green, violet, and rose.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
The balloon threw large shadows on this heap of clouds, and was surrounded as by an aureola.
From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Jules Verne
And she to whom I shall dedicate my heart shall be crowned by me with an aureola of glory, just as the rich of this world load their darlings with pearls and diamonds.
From Eyes Like the Sea by Mór Jókai
Vapours were rising from the ravine: the sun shone upon them, throwing a golden aureola about the opposite mountains, and all the wreathing mists that the wind whirled down the valley had elusive, opalescent effects.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
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